Attachment for vehicles.



E. F. BROWN. ATTA UHMIEN T FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1907.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

. 520672.502 Edwin FEZ'OW/Z fife/nag EDWIN F. BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March so, 1909.

Application filed May 6, 1907. Serial No. 372,184.

To all whom it may concern.

Be 1t known that I, Enwn: F. BROWN, citizen of the United States, residlng at Chicago,

. in the county of (k and State of Illinois,

have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement in. Attachments for V ehiclcs, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to attaclunents for vehicles, particularly automobiles.

Baggage supporting frames are usually supplied for autormibiles to which frames trunks or other baggage are strapped, the frame being in some manner rigidly secured to the automobile frame. The securing of trunks or baggage to the carrier frame by means of straps is very unsatisfactory, as the trunk or baggage will jar loose, and the straps become soiled and ruined and hard to manipulate after a run through oil or muddy weather. The chief object-ion, ln'n-.=e\'er, is the fact that no matter how tightly the trunk orbaggagc are at first strapped to the frame, they will rattle and shake loose or ing to the jarring and bumping of the vehicle.

The object of my invention, therefore, is to provide means for securing a trunk or baggage to a vehicle which will at all times hold the trunk or baggage securely in place and will not allow it to rattle or jolt. I, therefore, provide a carrier frame which may be rigidly and permanently secured to a trunk or baggage box, for instance, the frame being provided-with suitable projections and arms or engaging with parts of the vehicle to be rigidly c amped or secured thereto in such manner that the frame may be readily re leased and removed with the trunk or box.

My invention will be better understood when described by reference to the accom- 'ianying drawing in whicl1-- Figure 1 is a POTSPQCf/lVO View showing a trunk with a carrier frame secured thereto and attached to the vehicle, and Fig. 2 shows a modified arrangement. Fig. 3 shows in detail the clamping afrangement. Fig. -1 is an end View of the carrierfranw and box shown in F i 1.

In iFig. 1 I have shown the rear end of an automo i'le frame which comprises the side members 1 and 2 and the rear cross membci 3, this frame being usually of steel. The d nd 2 extend rearwardly beyond the cross member 3 a distance to form the spring supporting extensions 4 and 5 to which one end of springs 6 and 7 are shown connected. Extendinginwardly from the ends of the extensions 4 and 5, parallel with the cross piece 3 are the lugs or shelves 8 and 9, and on some vehicles these are already in place in the form of stops for mounting the vehicle. These steps 8 and 9 are utilized as supporting means for my carrier frame. This carrier frame may be in skeleton form, as shown, comprising the front horizontal strap 10 from whose ends extend up wardly the parts 11 and 12 and from the upper ends of these parts 11 and 12 extend outwardly the short projections 13 and 14 for engaging over the ends of the lugs or steps 8 and 9. The transverse members 15 and 16 terminate at their rear ends in the vertical men'ibers 17 and 18 which are shown terminating in horizontal pins or projections 19 and 20 respectively for engaging in openings 21 and 22 respectively formed in the cross piece 3 of the frame. The carrier frame may be permanently scoured to the trunk or baggage box 23 by screws 33 as shown in Fig. 4, and when it is to be carried with the vehicle, the pins 19 and 20 areaira sorted in the openings 21 and 22 and the parts 13 and 14 engage or hook over the steps or lugs 8 and 9. To secure the frame in this position various means may be employed, such, for instance, as by theuse of common clamps to clamp the )arts 13 and 14 to the steps' and 9 or by bolts passing through the parts I 3 and 14 and the corresponding steps. 1, however, have shown a spring clamp for securing the parts 13 and 14 to the stops. Each spring clamp comprises a link 24 which when applied to lock, rests in the groove 25 at the end of the corresponding projection 13, for instance The lower end of this link engages through the elbow of the bell crank-shaped locking member 26. One end of a spring 27 pivots about the pin 28, passing through the end of one arm of the bell crank-frame, the other end of the spring being secured to the step 8. The other arm 29 of the bell crank member forms a handle for actuating the locking member. When the frame is applied, the links are hooked over the ends of the extensions 13 and 14, and the arms 29 which are normally horizontal are swung 180 do rees to engage ill) - applied to the vehicle.

' are it gllhis frame when clamped to the Vehicle has no chance to Work loose, and the trunk being securely and permanently fastened to the frame ill also remain in a iixed position and no straps are necessary to hold it.

As sho an in the modification in Fig. 2, in-

stead of having two supporting pins 19 and.

20, a single supporting pin 30 may be employed, ext-ending from tlie upper end of the centrally located vertical arm 31 extending" from the carrier frame, the pin then engaging in the pin hole 32 when the carrier frame is h ith this arrangement, three supporting points are oli'ered, namely, one at the connection between pin 30 and the opening 32 and the other two at the connections of the extensions 13 and 14 with the steps 8 and 9. This three point arrangement may perhaps be better for some purposes, as the eli'ects of a twist or distortion of the machine frame will not be so noticeable on the carrier frame which Will. con" sequently remain more quiet and rigid.

Many other changes could also be made in the construction and arrangement without departing from the scope of my invention. Difl'erent builds of automobiles, of course, have different shaped frames, and the carrier frame construction would have to be in accordance therewith. 4

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a vehicle a carrier frame consisting of a longitudinal bar and a transverse bar secured together, the ends of such bars being upturned, a pin on the end of the transverse bar, and clamps on the ends of the longitudinal bar for securing the carrier frame to the vehicle frame.

22. In combination, a Vehicle, a carrier frame consisting of longitudinal bars and transverse bars secured together, the ends of such bars being upturned, ins on the ends of the transverse bars, an clamps on the ends of one of the longitudinal bars for securing the carrier frame to the Vehicle frame.

in witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 23rd day of April A. D., 1907.

El) vi/1N F. Bit-Ow N. l-Vitnesses CHARLES J. SCHMIDT,

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